LPNs in OB - do they have them where you work?

There are no LPNs in our hospital system. It consists of 5 hospitals.

At our facility, LPNs only work post partum if they work the unit. When the LPNs leave this facility, they are being replaced by RNs. The LPNs that remain there are pulled quite often throughout the hospital anywhere from med surg to CDU, rehab, tele and so on.

Anne, RNC

I know of one LPN in our birthing department (antepartum, L&D, postpartum), but she is working as a PCA. I believe LPNs were phased out seven or eight years ago.

We had 2 LPNs that have been with us over 20 years only working in mother/baby, but have both lost their jobs last year. They would have been able to stay if they were willing to work towards their RN, but neither wanted to.

So, to answer your question, no. No LPNs in our childbirth center at all.

no LPN's at all in my hospital .. or in any other of the sister hospitals.. they let them all go and hired RN's....

We have 2 LPN's working mother/baby, but after they retire, they will be replaced with RN's only. We have hired LPN's that have previously been OB techs...with a contract that they will return to RN school within a year or be transferred. No LPN's in L&D.

Per the AWHONN position statements, it is outside the scope for an LPN to work in L&D caring for a laboring patient. Only RNs can work in labor and delivery.

We do not have LPN's in L&D. Interestingly, I had a LPN as my labor nurse on the night shift while in labor and she was the main reason why I wanted to get into labor and delivery. I admired her from the moment I met her and she was a true inspiration.

We have a LVN on my unit but she can only do post-postpartum.

We have one LVN (LPN) in our L&D unit. She has been here 7 years or so and is "grandfathered" in. She refuses to take any classes to work towards her RN. We (the RN's) on the unit have to sign off on every assessment she does, also, she cannot circulate for sections, so if her labor patient winds up being a c-section, one of us has to drop our pt and circulate for her. It's not a good situation at all. I STRONGLY feel that LVN's should NOT work in Labor and Delivery....period!

We are one big (small) unit. We have a LVN school in the city I work so most of our nurses in the hospital are LVNs and will probably never be phased out until the nursing school starts to graduate RNs instead of LVNs. Our staff is about 1/2 RNs and 1/2 LVNs but only RNs do L&D. It is a staffing nightmare when one of the 2 RNs scheduled for the night calls out, plenty of LVNs but can't do L&D.